Blade was a perfect storm of the right actor who loved the character, a solid script, a good director (I liked LOXG), a good villian and absolutely no expectations.
Snipes would do the same with Black Panter, although since he needs ca$h, I am afraid he wouldn't be as concerned with all the ancillary as he was producing Blade.

Elektra, Daredevil, Ghost Rider not so much.

Daredevil tried too hard. Elektra....well.......I won't say anymore.

I liked Ghost Rider. It had a decent cast and Cage just wanted to be in a comic book movie. It could have been better but it also could have been worse.

They don't put their all into the "throw away characters" anymore.

That is what worries me.

They already greenlit a Piranha 3-D sequel. It made 10 Million opening weekend but it cost much less than that. That's the bar: can we make money. Not every property will pull in Iron Man or Spiderman money and Marvel needs to quit thinking it will. Look what they did with the Hulk (and I know you do) I liked the French guy's take on it...the Transporter Clash of the Titans guy. But it didn't make Spiderman and Iron Man money so they rebooted again.

They already greenlit a Piranha 3-D sequel. It made 10 Million opening weekend but it cost much less than that. That's the bar:

No it really isn't. Marvel has merchandising and other related issues. There is a difference between making a Pirahana sequel and trying to launch established characters. Their animated features are doing well so, they will not put their all into low end characters. Oh and I forgot FF 1&2. I liked both but, they were fairly bad by the Standards set by Blade.

But it didn't make Spiderman and Iron Man money so they rebooted again.

Hunh?

Originally Posted by Styygens

Arguably, given the amount of Punisher logo'd merchandise I see punk kids wearing, he's still very popular. And shouldn't be a throwaway.

I'd say half have no clue and it is a black shirt or one with blood. Less about punisher more about a statement.

As to popularity:

Yes, that's what they did to a popular character. He was killed by Wolverine's son and became that. He's so unpopular it pisses me off. The second movie, minus one huge flaw, was actually comic fandom worthy.

No it really isn't. Marvel has merchandising and other related issues.

they didn't really try and merchandise DD, Elektra or Ghost Rider. Punisher Merchandising was done almost solely through Hot Topic.

There is a difference between making a Pirahana sequel and trying to launch established characters. Their animated features are doing well so, they will not put their all into low end characters.

Nor should they, although I don't really see Thor as main character until the Ultimates. He was last 'relevant' in the mid/late 1980s during the Simonson run.

Oh and I forgot FF 1&2. I liked both but, they were fairly bad by the Standards set by Blade.

Overall, yeah. In bits and pieces, they weren't. Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis were cast well. Jessica Alba wasn't. Silver Surfer was good but not seeing Galactus wasn't.

Hunh?

Eric Bana->Edward Norton->Mark Ruffalo. They are rebooting the Hulk, again.

The second movie, minus one huge flaw, was actually comic fandom worthy.

It was. I was impressed with War Zone. Ray Stevenson (who is in the new KENNETH SHAKESPEARE BRANAUGH Thor movie) nailed the character from the old Mike Zeck 5-issue Punisher mini-series. The one where he goes to Riker's Island....which reminded me of the Rorschach in prison scene from Watchmen.

Avengers before Iron Man 3 and Thor and Cap before them.
Deadpool, if Ryan Reynolds, will be after Green Lantern.
X-men First Class is like Spiderman reboot, smaller than the predecessor.
Ghost Rider II? Doubtful and even so, if they do it, around the same size as Iron Fist.
and you forgot Magneto.

Why should they fracture the comic movie market even more?

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Their Blade series flopped, none of their endeavors to establish an ongoing Saturday morning cartoon series has been successful.

Sure they were. The X-Men series was solid on Fox. They had the Rob Zombie Spiderman on MTV.
They have had numerous X-Men and Spidermen series.....Iron Man series....they do well

A Power Man/Iron Fist movie that played off the whole "used to be big, back in the day" angle of the characters would be cool. Recycle a few 80's action stars, have a storyline that plays off the fact that no one knows who the **** they are.

It'd be watchable.

Avoid too much exposition/origin. Rand is a guy who learned magic Kung Fu powers in a monastery. Cage got his powers from sekert guvament experiments. Deal with it in a montage of old headlines (ie. Watchmen) or a flashback (Incredible Hulk) at the start and get down to the business of two old friends kicking some young punk's heads in.

Apparently, Magneto, IF and Hawkeye are canned, but the Ghost Rider sequel starts filming in October. :-/

Personally, I'd welcome more rather period-themed comic books, like a proper rendition of The Shadow, or some of the King Features Syndicate comics (Mandrake The Magician!), but the only directors that I think had the potential to do this right would be Elias Merhige and Todd Haynes, and both are not much into sellout.

I mean, Kenneth Brannagh doing Thor... Either this movie will be a milestone, or...

There are few times when I facepalm about something as campy as superhero movies. This time, I did.